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Phragmipedium

Genus of 15-20 species of large, evergreen, terrestrial or occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic orchids from Mexico and Central and South America. They have robust, fleshy, clustered shoots with fibrius roots, but lack pseudobulbs. Leaves are leathery, strap-shaped, mid-green. Upright stems, arising from the center of each shoot, bear one or several brightly colored flowers.